Surveyor's Compass
Surveyor's Compass
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- Description
- This compass may date from the fourth quarter of the 18th century. Although the bar holding the vertical sights is straight and narrow, the face reads counterclockwise. The needle rim is graduated to single degrees, and numbered in quadrants from North and South.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Surveyor's Compass
- Measurements
- overall length: 13 13/16 in; 35.1155 cm
- needle: 4 1/4 in; 10.795 cm
- overall: 2 in x 13 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 34.29 cm x 14.605 cm
- ID Number
- 1980.0695.02
- accession number
- 1980.0695
- catalog number
- 1980.0695.02
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Measuring & Mapping
- Surveying and Geodesy
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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